Object

• transition: For the morphing sequence, five prosthetic models were photographed with the transitions smoothed using Elastic Reality software.

• spline: The Spline Estimation option offers a variety of interpolating and smoothing splines.

• path: We've picked out a few to help smooth the path of true love this February 14th.

• skin: From the first application, it smoothes skin and refines and tones facial contours to promote radiant, more youthful looking features.

• surface: You may need to run a hot knife over the cheese on the second or third day in order to smooth the surface.

• edge: Smoothed edges around the holes indicate that the wounds healed in time.

Preposition: as

• silk: Fabric of Your Mind Does the fabric of your mind, Feel as rough as sackcloth, Or as smooth as silk?

Modifies a noun

• running: The site rules are there to ensure the smooth running of the site for the benefit of all members.

• transition: A smooth transition from a project to routine practice should be the objective.

• muscle: Brain cells can give rise to all previous cells types including the peripheral nervous system and smooth muscle.

• surface: Easy to paint - smooth surface Any kind of effect can be achieved on our products.

• paste: Blend together with a fork to make a smooth paste.

• newt: I can't work out what species they are as they didn't look like the pictures of smooth newts I can find.

Used with adjective complement

• polish: Where the plate is polished smooth, no ink will adhere and so will appear as high lights.

• appear: Also, the interior of the museum specimen appears smooth compared with the recreated dissection.

Followed by an intransitive particle

• over: The hideous abuse of human rights in right-wing, authoritarian dictatorships is ignored or smoothed over.

Followed by a transitive particle

• over: Anthony and Craig's stormy relationship later boiled over again in the garden after Craig unsuccessfully tried to smooth things over.

Particle object: out_obj

• wrinkle: Used on a regular basis Protox can therefore assist in eliminating the formation of wrinkles and soften and smooth out existing wrinkles.

• irregularity: The flatness problem vanishes because the huge expansion blows the universe up so much that it smooths out irregularities.

• bump: If you found a Regency cabinet you wouldn't nail a piece of mdf over it to smooth out the bumps ( would you?